The Parish of Henham

Henham remains a rural community although now perhaps better described as a 'community in a rural setting.' As with most other villages in the area, there are few whose income is dependant on the land and the majority of working residents travel away from the area to seek a living. However on the positive side we retain our own church, primary school, village shop with a post office, public house, village hall, church hall and community centre. Our population is approximately 1250 plus.

The history of Henham now has its own website at www.henhamhistory.org. Click here.

Transport NewsRoad Closure Notices

Hall Road Closure: Abbotsford Bridge is on Hall Road about a quarter of a mile down from The Crown in Elsenham (going towards the Airport) and is in need of major structural repairs. ECC says the main works are to commence on 10th May and expect to take about six months to complete.

During this time ECC say that unfortunately a full closure of the road will be necessary.

ECC has put up a webpage to provide details and updates here:

For Trusty Bus updates impacted by the closure:

Intended closure of Chickney Road, due to commence on 24th June 2019 for 3 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes to install duct, frames and manholes to allow new fibre optic broadband in area.

Intended closure of Hall Road, Church Street, due to commence on 24th June 2019 for 5 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes to install duct, frames and manholes to allow new fibre optic broadband in area.

Intended closure of Hall Road, Church Street, due to commence on 1st July 2019 for 5 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes to install duct, frames and manholes to allow new fibre optic broadband in area.

Intended closure of Dark Lane, due to commence on 8th July 2019 for 12 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes works to install fibre optics network in the area.

intended closure of Ugley Road, Ugley Hall Road, due to commence on 11th July 2019 for 2 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes works to laying 10m of duct in carriageway and 10m in verge to install fibre optic cables for superfast broadband in the area

Intended closure of Dark Lane, due to commence on 26th August 2019 for 4 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes works to install fibre optics network in the area.

Intended closure of Hall Road, Church Street, due to commence on 26th August 2019 for 5 days. The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Gigaclear Limited undertakes to install duct, frames and manholes to allow new fibre optic broadband in area.

Gigaclear Update: We have been informed by Gigaclear that they have received a permit to work down Old Mead Road earlier than they thought – Essex Highways have plans to carry out roadworks further south which would cause a confliction in road diversions, so they have given Gigaclear a permit to complete the work on this stretch of road before they start, preventing any delays to us bringing fibre to Henham.

The Parish Council has received the following update about Gigaclear work in Henham:

Gigaclear is working with Superfast Essex to build a full fibre broadband network in certain parts of Essex. As part of this programme, a small number of properties will be enabled by Gigaclear in Henham. To see if your property is included, please check your property's status at www.superfastessex.org/maps . Not in the plans? You can register your demand at https:www.gigaclear.net/

Just like other utilities, building the network involves digging trenches in private land (with permission), highway, the carriageway, verges and paths. We are currently aiming to continue our network building through to June and this will include parts of Chickney Road being closed as part of these works. Our contractors will provide a letter drop to residents who live on the affected road closure informing them of the work which will be undertaken, and updates will also be provided to the Parish Council.

If you have any queries regarding the network build, please contact our Network Build Care team on 01865591137 or e mail networkbuildcare@gigaclear.com

Nick BakerChair HPC.

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